Thursday was cold, but sunny for a change!
I went to Westborn at lunchtime to get some okra and flat
leaf parsley. Since I was there anyway, I filled a container with lobster
bisque and ate that at home for lunch.
When I got home after work, I watched the weather and then
swept all the floors and vacuumed the living room area rug.
That done, I went back to watching the news.
I warmed up my meat sauce in the microwave while I made a
half box of mostaccioli. I put the two together when the pasta was al dente and
topped it with some shredded Parmesan cheese.
I was disappointed. It wasn’t bad, in fact it was really
good. Even the Parmesan had melted a bit into the sauce and was gooey. But it
wasn’t “great.” Sounds silly I suppose. But this wasn’t a can of Ragu, thrown
on some pasta. I worked on this one.
Maybe it was the green peppers. It didn’t need green
peppers! Did they really add anything to my meat sauce? Why did I put in the
damn green peppers?
It might have been my choice of pasta. I forgot that
mostaccioli is smooth. It’s penne that has the ridges that grab the sauce.
The only thing I had to be really proud of was the size of
the dish. By using half the box of pasta and half the sauce I made, I had two
good sized portions. So, I ate one and put the other in the fridge (after it
cooled) as leftovers.
I joined the Red Wing game in progress and watched it until
we lost 3-2 in overtime. Then I went to bed.
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